Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Artem Mikoyan
...the Klimov version of the British Nene jet engine, this design became the MiG-15 , which first flew on 31 December 1948. Despite its mixed origins this aircraft had excellent performance...
Peter Carmichael
...during and after the Second World War. Later, he became famous during the Korean War for shooting down a MiG-15 while flying a Hawker Sea Fury during the only successful British air-to-air...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
...was widely exported, with the People's Republic of China receiving MiG-15''bis'' models in 1950. Chinese MiG-15s took part in the first jet-''versus''-jet dogfights after communist...
Franciszek Jarecki
...Force, whose name became famous in early 1953, when he decided to escape Soviet-controlled Poland in a Mig-15 plane, which was one of the best planes owned by the Soviets at that time.
Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
...a relatively low initial velocity, while the 37 mm was lacking in rate of fire and ammunition reserve. A MiG-15 typically had 80 cartridges for each 23 mm gun and 40 for the single 37...
10 Gadgets That Terminate Snow and Ice [Tgif]
This is how Russians melt snow and ice during their intense winters-by strapping a Klimov VK-1 engine from Mig-15 onto a truck. I think one of these would have taken care of the snow...
Mystery behind Yuri Gagarin's death solved?
...a retired Soviet air force colonel, who was investigating the 1968 crash, said Gagarin threw his MiG-15 fighter jet into such a steep dive that he blacked out and crashed into a...
MiG Alley
...them all down. According to other sources, however, the top two fighter aces over MiG Alley were actually MiG-15 Soviet pilots: Nikolay Sutyagin (claiming 21 aircraft) and Yevgeny...
No Kum-Sok
...deliver a jet fighter to UN forces. The $100,000 check awarded to No Kum-Sok as a reward for bringing the MiG-15 to South Korea. No Kum-Sok (later Kenneth Rowe) (born c. 1932) was a...
United States Air Force In South Korea
...report that the Soviet MiG-15 had appeared in Korea. When the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (MiG-15) first appeared over the skies of Korea, its performance was vastly superior...
James Jabara
...November 17, 1966) was the first American jet ace in history. Jabara is credited with 15 victories over MiG-15 jets in Korea, one below the tally of Joseph C. McConnell, although Jabara's...
Lavochkin Aircraft 168
...with swept flight surfaces and an engine behind the pilot, it was similar in appearance to the Mikoyan MiG-15, which was designed to the same specifications. It also shared the...
